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  (CLIP) CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAST DAYS
  by Shane Idleman
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the importance of thanking God even in
difficult times, viewing challenges as a form of discipline from Him to
bring us back to a closer relationship. It also highlights the urgency
of sharing the message of salvation and the need for immediate response,
as we never know when our time on earth will end.

Duration: 2:07 Topics: "Gratitude in Trials", "Urgency of Salvation"
Scripture References: Hebrews 12:6, Revelation 3:19, 2 Corinthians 5:11, 2 Corinthians 6:2, James 4:14, Mark 16:16

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This sermon emphasizes the importance of thanking God even in difficult
times, viewing challenges as a form of discipline from Him to bring us
back to a closer relationship. It also highlights the urgency of sharing
the message of salvation and the need for immediate response, as we
never know when our time on earth will end.

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CONTENT
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If you're being spanked by God, thank Him for it. Don't get grumbling
and complaining. Thank you, God, for spanking me.

Thank you for taking that job away if it meant me rejecting you. Thank
you for giving me that health scare if I was drifting from you. Thank
you for my finances being drained if that's what it takes to get me back
to you.

Thank you for that spouse walking out the door and saying, I'm never
returning if it caused you to give up that addiction. Thank God when He
spanks you. And I get this a lot.

Christians are so judgmental. Actually, many are not judgmental. We want
you to avoid God's judgment.

I'm not judgmental. I'm helping you avoid God's judgment. That's
actually love.

Paul said we are to warn every man. Paul said that. We are to warn every
man of the wrath that is to come.

Boy, Shane, that's not popular. Right, but I've told you before, we're
not trying to build a mega church. We're trying to reach a lot of
hearts.

And the funny thing is the more you honor God, the more He gets it out.
Like for example, San Diego, the more He just... Because He wants to get
this message out there more than we do. Think about this.

Think about how important this is. Somebody hears this, right? They hear
this and they die in the next five seconds without receiving Jesus.
They're spending eternity in hell.

Let that sink in. Is that not true? Somebody's driving, oh yeah, they're
driving down the 405 or the 5, see if I can name some of the eight in
San Diego, Pacific Coast Highway. And they hear this, oh, that's a good
point.

I should do that someday. Bam! Traffic accident. They're gone.

For whom the bell tolls. Today is the day of salvation. Today is the day
of salvation.

You need to be healed. You need to be set free. You need deliverance in
any area of strongholds.

Let our prayer team pray with you. We're going to be next door. And
also, if you need to be baptized, hey, I did it at 10, I did it at 5,
I'm coming to the Lord for the first time, or I'm recommitting, let me
know, I'll go change my clothes, and we'll baptize you this morning.

Men will be on this side, women on this side. If we have anybody this
morning, I would encourage you to do that, because we don't know when
that bell will toll.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/eDy_vp8K5Lc.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/shane-idleman/clip-characteristics-of-the-last-days/
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